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SALTY SEA DOG

 

A ten day live-aboard course.

This course is held during a 500 mile passage, most likely Florianópolis - Santos - Florianópolis.

Planning, logistic and meteorology will be a must here.

At least two night passages will have to be done.

Santos is the largest comercial port in Brazil, one of the potentual achorage on the way is Bom Abrigo Island a fishing boat refugee from south winds, covered by rainforest.

Not for begginers as this course may involve a phisycaly demanding sail.

 

Price: U$ 2.500,00 per pupil. Includes food and accommodation aboard. Minimum two, maximum three people per course.

Syllabus (following the RYA - Royal Yachting Association model)

  • Sailing theory
  • Safety on board
  • The boat: cabin and deck
  • Knots and ropes
  • Motoring
  • Sailing: helming and sailing manouvres
  • Anchoring and mooring
  • Chart work
  • Position Lines
  • The Compass: variation & deviation
  • Fixes
  • Tides
  • Tidal streams
  • Pilotage
  • Weather
  • Passage planning
  • The GPS

See also the Sailor and Sea dog live-abord courses

 
 
tel.: +55 48 32352080
Florianópolis - Brasil